The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-04-02
THEIR JEWELS.
The Diamonds Worn by Prominent New
York PolIticIans.

Politicians who hourished In ''Boss"
Tweed's time were considered small fry
indeed IL they put IN an appearance on
state occasions without
diamond ornaments. The decoration
that proved citizen TO be true blue
OF the Tammany tribe was the Americus
Club tiger, with eyes of flashing bril-
liants. But II the golden tiger were
there it made little difference whether
his eyes were diamonds, rubies, opals.
or emeralds-
Diamonds have always been In more
general use among Democratic states
men than among Republicans. and
young aspirants for power and place
are more partial to them than the old /
veterans. John Kelly never wore a
diamond ornament. and in his late /
wears Samuel j. rlden decked his per-
son with no other jewels than plain I
pearl studs. When young man he |
wore diamonds IN profusion of the most /
beautiful and expensive types. but he
ALWAYS kept within the limits of the
severest taste
Abram 5. Hewitt never wears dia-
monds and neither does Theodore
Roosevelt nor Henry George. In fact
the men who have filled the mavoralty
chair during the las: twenty years were,
with scarcely an exception. remarkable
for the simplicity of their dress and the
absence of jewel ornaments of SNOWY
or expensive character. Mayors Grace,
Cooper. Ely. and Havemeyer never APP
/ peared at the City Hall in diamond
| studs. Mayor Wickham displayed dia-
/ mond studs and collar buttons very fire.
quently. but Mayor Edison never wore
4 them except in full evening dress.
/ Roswell F. Flower is sworn enemy
I to diamonds as articles of personal
\ ornament He has been frequently
heard to say:
Persons who require jewels to show
of their points. or 10 draw of attention
from natural defects. are to be pitied
rather than complimented- Diamonds
are all very well for sporting men and
horse-jockeys"
Notwithstanding this very positive
expression OF opinion. MIR. Flower is the
owner of beautiful diamond of the
purest water, which he wears every
day. 1t is set in a heavy gold ring
worn on the second finger of his left
hand. The diamond is always carried
ON the inside, and cannot be seen un-
less the hand Is opened out His intl-
mate friends suppose il To be nothing
more than a pain gold ring. MIR.
Flower wears il because it is present
from his wife
None of the judges of the higher
courts in this jurisdiction make a show
, of iewelry, but 1t is different among the
magistrates who preside in the police
. courts. j. Henry Ford has the reputs-
! ton OF being the best dressed man on
the police bench. He is good judge
, of diamonds and owns many valuable
4, sets. Justice PATTERSON wears diamond
/ studs regularly, and Justices Murray
: and Duffy occasionally.
a John J. O'Brien. Robert G. McCord,
and Barney Biglin, the celebrated ''boy
q trio" of Republicans emulate one
: another in the size and quality of the
: diamonds they display. ''Shed" Shook
= the Republican leader in the Fifteenth
4 distrlct. carries oil the palm from them
4 all Every body who frequents the
!. Morton House must have seen and adj
y nired his $4,000 solitaire, which weigh,
n iour and "A nalf carats
n Several OF the statesmen who wer'
II elected to Congress recently AT,
4 wearers of costly jewels. Tim" Camp
4 beds shirJ-fronI Is covered over with
v cluster AN inch square. His friends sa,
10 the cluster Is composed Of diamonds o
i pure water valued at 5000, but hi
u political Toes ueciare they are past
10 irwels hich can be duplicated in tn
Ia BowcrN tor 80 cents
= Conyressman- Amos j. Cum
q nuugs appears in very small and nea
in diamonu studs on dress occasions. bu
~ Congressman Truman A. Merrima
q. THINKS he Is big diamond himself an
ne needs no foreign adornments. Bourk
10 Cochran has liking for diamond studs
la Gen. Splnoia aud Lloyd Bryce are sati
a fled with diamond collar-huttons PERI
of Belmont rarely displays a diamond
TO and then only very small studs in evel
to ing dress. Tom Grady VIII spo
M diamonds in 1888.
he The most gorgeous and beautiful di
IA mouds worn by public men in this eli
in which cannot be classed as loud. "A
lal probably those which deck the persol
lo- Of Police Commissioner John j. Nj
Claye and Richard NJ. Walters. Il
Tammany brave. Mrs. McClave wea
pair of diamond earrings whiC
arouse envy in the breast of every lac
in the house when she enters theatr
As she twists her pretty head arour
when the lights are turned low tn
glitter and sparkle like lantern in &
chamber of coal mine They are ger
of rare beauty and high value.
Captain Williams wears big damon
in the evening, as does also eH-Io
\ Superintendent Kelso. Sheriff Ora
cares nothing for diamonds, but Re
lister John Reilly. Tom Costigan. Nj
Muller, Jim Barker. Rollin NJ. Squil
and Martin b. Brown love them dear
n MIR. Charles Steckler, brother of
III Judge, wears diamond solitaire v
III ued at 81 500. Lawyer William
S Howe wears cluster not quite as
u, as a buckwheat cake, and little Law,
" Hummel wears very neat dIamon
y He received present of a new set tr'
Lord Lonsdale. Joseph j. O'Donoh
the Tammany chieftain. wears W
- pretty diamond studs Robert b. Not
re ev, the President of the Board of Aid
the men, and Henry w. Beekman.
ing president-elect, both grace their bose
mi with glittering gems.-A. Y. Journal
but
tied One of the most important industl
ent- of the day is the canning trade,
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